Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach

This article reports the results of an action-research project focused on improving students’ communicative competence in English through the task-based learning approach. This study was conducted in a co-educational public school in Medellín (Colombia) with thirty-four tenth graders. Actions implem...

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Buitrago Campo, Ana Carolina
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2016
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Communicative competence
English as a foreign language
language learning
task-based learning approach
aprendizaje de lenguas
competencia comunicativa
enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas
inglés como lengua extranjera
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title Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
spellingShingle Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Communicative competence
English as a foreign language
language learning
task-based learning approach
aprendizaje de lenguas
competencia comunicativa
enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas
inglés como lengua extranjera
title_short Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
title_full Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
title_fullStr Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
title_full_unstemmed Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
title_sort Improving 10th Graders’ English Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of the Task-Based Learning Approach
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Buitrago Campo, Ana Carolina
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Buitrago Campo, Ana Carolina
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8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
topic 37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Communicative competence
English as a foreign language
language learning
task-based learning approach
aprendizaje de lenguas
competencia comunicativa
enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas
inglés como lengua extranjera
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English as a foreign language
language learning
task-based learning approach
aprendizaje de lenguas
competencia comunicativa
enfoque de aprendizaje basado en tareas
inglés como lengua extranjera
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